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JOSEPH J. CUMMINS, President
JACOB MARGOLIS, Editor
JACOB H. SCHAKNE, General Manager

Entered a. itTord - cla.m matter Minch 11, 1916, •t•the Poelonine at Detroit.
Mich.. under the Art.of March 3, 1873.

General Offices and Publication Building

525 Woodward Avenue

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The Senate has not yet passed the deportation bill
nor has the President signed it; yet, it indicates the
present temper of our Congress.
We are of the ()Pinion that the alien bailers would
have succeeded in jamming through the registration
bill had not much unified and genuine protest been
raised against it. One may believe that ignoring the
hate and discrimination attitude will end the orgy, but
we are persuaded that a large number of fanatics and
self-seeking individuals are sufficiently alert and in-
terested to push such legislation and have it enacted,
if no concerted opposition were encountered.
We shall continue to urge the repeal•of immigration
legislation. based upon discrimination, Nordic superior-
ity, Klan dominations and pattedo - science.
As long as the ablest ethnologists, biologists and
psychologists are of the opinion that race superiorities
are mythical, we cannot accept an immigration law
based upon prejudice and racial dislikes. Our present
quota law is just such a piece of legislation and all ad-
ditions to it are out of the same cloth.

THE MARQUIS
OF READING

An Appreciation.

[ Complexities Of Jewish Immigration

Special Interview by I. L. BRIL.

Abraham

By LIEUT.•COM. THE HON. J. M.

KENWORTHY, R. N., M. P.

(Copyright, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, 1925.)

President of Hias, Tells of
Problems His Organization Has to Meet.

Herepan, Newly Elected

(Editor's Note:—Rabbi I. I.. Bril is the editor of the English Depart-
ment of the Jewish Daily News, and the spiritual leader of the Jewish
Center of University Heights,, New York).
.

"Come with me," he beckoned, and
• "I see that you are taking your
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, first Marquis
he took me down into the Depart-
new job seriously (Ind are hard at
of Reading, is the leading Jew in the
meat
of Information, pointing to the
work." The remark was made to
British Empire today. In fact, he is
large crowd of men and women ns-
Abraham Herman, the newly-elected
$3.00 Per Year
Cie greatest Jew of British nation-
Subscription, in Advance
sculled there.
President of the Hebrew Sheltering
ality since Disraeli. His career has
and Immigrant Aid Society sof Amer.
"Here is your answer," he said.
To inure publicstion• ail correspondence and news matter mull reach this
been as remarkable as his person-
otter by Tuesday evening of each west.
Ica (Mast, whomI met sitting at his
"Eyeryone of these purple here up -
ality.
in
the
president's
office
in
Ilias
on
hose faces you see stamped mis
desk
Invites correspondence on subject. of Interest
The Detroit Jewish Chronic
Rufus Isaacs was born in London
Building, 425 Lafayette street, New
cry and wretchedness, has a story to
to :he Jewish people. hut disclaimss responsibility for an indorsement of the
On Oct. 10, 1800, the second 5151 of
views expressed by the writers.
- tell. It is a story of migration dif-
York.
the late Joseph Isaacs, it prominent
ficulties, of separated families, of
lie turned a smiling face to nie and
merchant in the city ttf•London.
Tammuz, 20, 5686
July 2, 1926
parted loves, of vain attempts to bring
said:
for
hits
that
was
as'
well
Perhaps it
over someone near and dear to thenl;
"I was about to give you the con-
his father,-;though successful and re-
deprive themselves of the very
ventional
answer,-and
say
that
I
en.
spected., was not in such a position of
morsel
morsel of bread from their mouths,
joy it. But seriously speaking, it is
.wealth and social importance as to
When George Seldes, the Rome correspondent of
all doing witkout the most primary
so
enjoyable
a
task
as
one
not
quite
make obligatory his education at one
needs in order to send n few dollars
the Chicago Tribune, was expelled from Italy by order
would imagine, Of course, I deeply
of the orthodox English public
to .their relatives suffering privation_.
appreciate the confidence my fellow
schools, to be followed by sonic terms
James N. Rosenberg, vice chairman of the Ameri-
of Benito 'Mussolini, the Western world thought that
abroad. And oft en the woman why ,
directors repose in me, but if any-
at one of the two older English uni-
conies to us, helps her people on the
can, Joint Distribution Committee, visited Russia`for the
the last act i41dictatorial folly and stupidity had been
one is under the impression that it is
versities. He was, in fact, educated
other side without t he knowledge of
committed. In a measure, the action of the Fascist
specific purpose of ascertaining the actual status of the
pleasant to direct the affairs of the
at the University ('allege School,
her husband. Our staff works untir-
society in view of the fact that so
London, and afterwards in Brussels
chief could be explained, if not condoned, for it is not
land settlement movement.
ingly. The staff is a small tint., and
much human misery and wretched-
and Hanover.
the demand math( upon Hum is large
Ile cabled : "My trip through Russia was a thrilling
inconsistent to expel a foreign correspondent for un-
mess exist, that person is very much
The continental part of his educa-
and impatient. We draw up affidavits,
mistaken. In other days, Jewish inn
experience. I saw thousands of Jews, not so long ago
tion has undoubtedly been of the
friendliness when the domestic editors are muzzled or
Petitions, applications; our
notary
migration was a matter of routine.
greatest value. On the completion of
public certifies the signatures; ques-
economically ruined and declassed without the right to
compelled to delete all matters which may be unfavor-
The gates of America were wide open
his education he entered the Stock
hens with regard to the provisions
vote,
without
school,
hospitals
and
housing
privileges,
able or hostile to the dictator.
and all who passed muster under the
Exchange, but after some years his
of the law are answered; citizenship
law were admitted. Today it is a
career received its only serious set-
re-enfranchised as peasants with full rights."
But now comes it.story from Roumania which tran-
cases art( attended to; money is re-
question of selection anti of quota
back. The firm with which he was
ceived for transmission to Europe,
Mr. Rosenberg found 125,000 Jews on the land of
scends any act of fatuous imbecility of Mussolini. Clar-
and of stringent regulations, and here
connected did not prosper and young
anti advice and guidance generally
is where the heartache comes in.
whom more than half have been settled within the last
ence Streit, the European staff correspondent of the
Isaacs was hampered. This was the
aregiven. Everything is done to com-
The relatives of the wouldbe immi-
result of sheer bad luck and not of
two years. In addition to the Jewish settlers, 75,000
fort the
icas and if p oss ibl e to
New York Times, is informed by the Roumanian gov-
grants conic to as and ask us to help
any dishonorable or inefficient con-
bring to thems lim easur e o f hope so
non-Jewish farmers have been assisted by the Joint Dis-
ernment that he is not wanted in their country because
them that Ilias does not make the
duct. Nevertheless, such misfortune
that their sufferings may be lessened,
laws, that /lilts does not bring over
would have meant the end of the ca-
his articles on the conditions in Roumania were an in-
tribution Committee.
"Similar Work is being done in our
immigrants, that Hias can only guide
reer of most men.
branches in Philadelphia, Boston, 'el-
This may be discounted as a partisan report, but it
sult to the "crown and government."
and advise, 'What to we need Hies
But young Isaacs at once change 1
timore, Chicago, San Francisco and
receives confirmation from an article by Louis Fischer,
for and why don't you do some.
Mr. Streit wrote a series of articles which were
his profession and took up the study
Seattle. Like activities, only on a
thing?' And there you hate the piti•
of law. At the age of 44 he was a
entitled "Ten Years That Shook Russian Jewry," which
greater scale, are conducted at our
markedly objective and dispassionate. Ile related the
ful situation."
In
-
bencher of the Middle Temple.
brooches
„hturet •a h u r,s.g in h European nt
appeared
in
the
Jewish
Tribune
of
New
York.
Both
facts as he got them at first hand from authentic
the same year he contested Reading
Then came my next question,
c countries
et
and
find a vigorous land settlement movement, and if Mr.
as a Liberal and was returned as
"Well, what is the work of Hies
sources. He avoided any expression of opinion which
through_ the h:migdirect, the Euro-
member for that city. It is from this
actually, what is its program?”
porn organization, which was formed
Rosenberg lays special emphasis upon the fact of settle-
met the highest requirements of reportorial ork. If
moment that his career really com-
anti is maintained by Hies for the
Replied Mn. Herman:
ment, none the less more objective study of Mr. Fischer
he exposed the corruption, intrigue and glift which
menced. Admitted a barrister at the
service of the Jewish wanderers. The
"Hilts has no predeterminated pro-
age of 27, he was in successful prac-
gives the identical facts.
abounded, it was not based upon any personal views,
Information Bureau in liarbin is sup-
gram. Its program is dependent upon
tice for 17 years before entering
ported by !tins."
It is true that despite all the splendid efforts to date
laws conditions, circumstances, over
but because these conditions actually obtained. To
politics.
which
Hias
has
no
control
whatever.
"How about the state of Jewish
'
the bulk of the Jewish population is still small trader
His election. for Reading was one
those acquainted with Roumania through other news
Emigration, and in particular Jewish
immigration now?" was my next
of the defeats which heralded the
and speculator notwithstanding the difficulties of com-
sources, he only corroborated with a wealth of detailed
emigration, is an abnormal condition,
question.
downfah of the Conservative adminis-
particularly so since the World War.
peting with the national co-operatives. Accepting the
Of course, you understand," re-
information the maladministration of affairs under
tration of Mr. Balfour in the follow-
flies can do is to be on
All that H
plied M
Mn. Herman "that by reason
ing year. In 1910, on the formation
present estimate of the Russian census that there are
Bratianu, Averescu, and other Roumanian bureaucrats
'
guard, on the alert and answer the
of
the
restriction of immigration to
of the second Liberal government of
2,750,000 Jews, it is seen at a glance that but a small
who have used the country for their own self aggran-
call whenever and from whatever America all those who apply tin Hies
that period under the premiership of
fraction
have
as
yet
availed
themselves
of
the
privilege
quarter it comes. Let me explain cannot come here and mnay of those
Mr. Asquith, as he then was, and af-
dizement.
to you at length. If the Jews of Po-
who finally will be able to come will
ter only six years in Parliament, he
of farming.
Roumania; however does not even have the thin and
land, Lithuania, Galicia or wherever
have to wait a long time before they
was made solicitor-general and re-
The report of Mr. Rosenberg contains two very sig-
they may be, are cut oft' from all
specious excuse of dictatorial necessity which has been
will find a place on the quota line.
ceixed the honor of knighthood. In
communication with their American
But meanwhile all hwye to be served,
nificant statements. The fact that 75,000 non-Jewish
the same year he was made attorney-
used in Italy, Russia and Spain for suppression and ex-
relatives, and this happened at the
all the necessary documents have to
general
and
held
that
office
for
three
farmers have been helped by the Joint Distribution
very beginning of the World War, be prepared and advice given.
pulsion. The country has not resorted to ate expedient
years. In 1912 Attorney-General
Ilias steps in and establishes an in-
Committee must of necessity help to establish friendly
Isaacs was made a member of the
of suspension of constitutional methods, bult -Insists that
"You must, too, remember that
ternational postoffice through Ger- .
cabinet. In the British constitution
relations, and this is just exactly what Mr. Rosenberg
whilst immigration to America has
many and Austria, with the consent
matters are conducted , with due regard.
there are two law offices of the
and aid. of course, of our own goy decreased, Jewish emigration from
found
there.
The
opponents
to
the
land
settlement
We can hardly repress a smile when we think that
crown, solicitor-general and attorney-
Europe has actually become larger.
ernment. And, thus, hundreds of
scheme shed many tears over the impending massacres
general. Neither had ever been a
The economic destruction of Europe
this should happen to the ultra proper New York
thousands of families, not only Jews,
member of the cabinet previously and
but non-Jews as well, in the war and the persecution of Jews compels
of
Russian
Jewry
by
the
peasants.
We
believed
all
Times. It certainly must have been a severe shock, al-
a precedent was created when Isaacs
zones carried on mail communication Jewish masses to find a refuge when-
along that the tears were crocodile and the prognosti-
most comparable with being called a Bolshevik, but yet
was raised to cabinet rank as attor-
ever they can. These refugees, these
with their relatives on this side of
cation
of
pogrom
was
a
mere
red
herring.
Mr.
Rosen-
ney-general. He was made Lord
wanderers who have relatives in this
Roumanian manners and styles in journalistic proprie-
the Atlantic.
Chief
Justice
of
England
and
a
Peer
country are served in one way or
berg finds a friendly and co-operating spirit between
"Then it was the case of the Jew-
ties must differ very radically from those of the Times.
of the Realm in 1913.
another by Hies.
the Jewish and non-Jewish farmer which is based upon
ish refugees who made their way
There was one cloud in his politi-
Surely nobody in this country could ever change the
"For every individual immigrant
through Siberia anti Japan. Ilias es-
cal career, due in no way to his fault.
a mutuality of interest and common aim.
today there is an entire network of
conservative Times with ever saying anything which
tablished an office in Yokohama with
The so-called Marconi scandals,
procedure which in other days would
The
second
significant
statement
made
by
Mr.
Ros-
branches
in
various
parts
of
the
Far
caused by the rash purchase of shares
would disturb the status quo.
have sufficed for 100 wanderers. The
East. Anti in this manner enabled
enberg is the fact that there are now 125,000 Jews up-
in the Marconi Company by Lloyd
work really begins months prior to
This episode may focus more attention of the rest of
them to reach their American friends,
George, at that time chancellor of the
on
the
land.
To
understand
the
full
import
of
this,
the wonderers' departure from Eu-
helping then, through the Hias
the world upon Roumania. The Jews of the world
exchequer, on the advice of the late
rope and must be dune-here in Amer-
one must compare it with the result of almost 10 years
branches
in
Seattle
and
San
Francis-
Godfrey Isaacs, brother of the Mar-
know of the atrocities, pogroms and infantile action of
it's and abroad. Then when the wan-
At the close of the war—anti
co.
quis of Reading, was seized on by
of Palestinian colonization which has resulted in set-
derers actually arrive a new chapter
Roumania in relation to her Jewish population. Pro-
scarcely
had
the
ink
dried
on
the
the Conservative party and the Con-
is written in Ellis Island anti in
tling 8,000 Jews upon the land. During a period of two
Peace Treaty, Mu( was already in
fessor Cuza and former Premier Bratinau have become
servative press as an opening for a
\Washington because the immigration
Europe regulating the stream of Jew-
years, and flit a period of one year of intensive work.
general attack on the Liberal party
anathema to Roumanian Jewry comparable with the
laws are more rigid now; the inspec-
ish emigration and reuniting bun-
in general and Lloyd George, its most
more than 60,000 new settlers found a definite orienta-
tors are stricter anti the inspectors
worst Jew baiters of Czarist Russia. This artificial ir-
dreds
of
thousands
of
families.
hated leader from their point of view,
have more time to examine the im-
tion along lines that placed them in the most favorable
"European valuta crashed. Him(
in particular. A select committee of
responsible country will go on committing one blunder
migrants."
established
a
transmission
depart-
the
comparison
is
invidious,
it
is
not
made
inquiry was held into the whole cir-
category. If
after another of this sort just as long as a clique of
"At the last annual meeting of
meat whereby American Jews sent
cumstance, and although the finding
with the purpose of minimizing the Palestinian effort,
Bias, your predecessor, Mr. Bern•
money
to
their
relatives
in
many
officials consider the country fair spoils for exploita-
imputed rashness and lack of judg-
stein, stated that Ilias is prepared to
but to show the validity of the Russian scheme. No
foreign countrisiss Up to the present
ment
to
Lloyd
George,
the
Marquis
tion and self enrichment.
extend its activities to other coun-
time $25,000,00 .0 have been so trans-
one with any appreciation of the realities of Russian
of Reading was most honorably
tries to which Jelkish immigrants may
Although we are not pleased with such incidents,
mated without the loss of one cent
cleared of all suspicion.
Jewish life would for a moment insist that the complex
go and render service to those who
to
anybody,
anti
this
vast
amount
The position of Lord Chief Justice
yet when they do happen we have the feeling that some
are going to Palestine anti South
was paid out in American dollars
and many sided problems have been solved, but there
of England is a very high and honor-
good may result because of the publicity they receive.
America. What is your opinion in
abroad.
Can
you
imagine
how
many
able post. It is usually looked upon
is a prospect of marked relief for a large portion of
regard to this matter?" was my final
millions of dollars were saved in
as the culmination of the career of
question.
that
way
from
being
lost?
And
can
the disenfranchised.
a great lawyer and politician. The
you not understand that this 'has
"We have placed ourselves in com-
Now that the pogrom scares are over, while the
Marquis of Reading held this post for
acitivity
compelled,
and
compels
now,
munication with various organiza•
Another session of Congress has come to a close
eight years but it did not, as in the
practicability of the scheme is proved by the actual
banks and other agencies to follow
lions in South American 'countries in
case
of
most
men,
mean
the
end
of
and no remedial legislation passed to cure the inequali-
movement onto the land as well as the expressed wish
the Ilias example and pay out in
order to ascertain local conditions and
hi+ career.
dollars?
ties and hardships under the immigration laws.
what Ilias can do anti should to for
of many more thousands to do likewise, every effort
The great World War broke out in
.,_ •:Du.r.inf,'lh. e, 11(ds , hri,st-12isie:liii• those immigrants who are already in
1914. The Allies very
soon _ found
When the previous session of Congress adjourned,
should ha evtonded to assist to the utmost.
.
tattoo tountres mitt 1 or an eroargea
factor. in 1915,
finance
to
be
a
vital
was still on the calendar a bill to enable the
of Warsaw, Ilias, like a valiant cap-
There may be some who still fear for the spiritual
Jewish immigration," Mr. Herman
it was necessary to send a carefully
tain, was the last to leave the l'olish
answered. "A survey is also being
stranded refugees with visas to enter the United States.
selected
Anglo-French
Mission
to
the
life of the Jew. If we are to believe the reports re-
capital, after Iliac had succeeded by
made of }has assisting Jewish immi-
United States•of America in connec-
/. Although these refugees had sold whatever sticks of
ceived from careful observers, we need not worry, for
almost superhuman effort, to trans-
gration into Palestine. And I may
tion with war funds. The United
furniture they had and had severed all home connec-
port everyone of the thousands of
say that Hias will intervene in i'al-
those who have observed the land settlers have found
States of America had not intervened
Jewish refugees from Warsaw to
estine immigration through its Euro-
tions of the strength of these visas. yet they were not
in
the
war,
and
there
was,
at
that
that they maintain all the spiritual. educational anti
safety in Danzig.
pean offices, all steps in that direc-
time, little prospect of such interven-
admitted into the country because the quotas had been
"When the first restrictive im-
aesthetic values of urban life, and that the danger of
tion now being taken."
tion. The Mission to negotiate finan-
migration Pleasure was passed by the
filled. Fortunately for them, the countries which they
cial loans for the service of the war
A word as to the personality of
sinking to the level of illiterate peasantry is negligible.
American Congress, Hias was ready Abraham Herman. Mr. Herman was
was one of extreme delicacy. Lor
had left permitted them to return so that at least the
We do not believe that Russia will continue for long
to help the Jewish wanderers in Eu.
Reading, as he then was, had never
born in Nosovskaya in Russia, 45
acute phase of the problem was liquidated.
rope and acquaint their relatives in
as an essentially agrarian country, but we do think that
visited America in any capacity. This
years ago. lie came of this country
America with the provisions of the
Since the present Congress convened a concerted
may sound strange; but it must he
in 1891 when only 13 years old, en-
the basic theory of useful and necessary work as the
new law and aid them in preparing
realized
that
for
30
years
the
man
tered
the public schools and was grad-
effort has been made to have the immigration law
mark of equality will prevail. Under all the changes
the necessary documents required.
had never had a real holiday. So
uated. Ile continued his Hebrew ed-
"Thousands of Jewish refugees
amended to admit relatives of declarants who are now
which may take place in Russia, it is well that the Jew
highly was he thought of, both as a
ucation at the same time. In 1902,
were stranded in European port cities
diplomat and negotiator, that he was
included in the quota. Despite the fact that careful
he was graduated from the Brooklyn
be a productive, useful worker, anti should industriali-
without the possibility of coming to
made president of this combined mis-
College of Pharmacy. However, a
studies showed that these separations were responsible
America
as
a
result
of
the
new
law.
zation come, the Jewish population will furnish its
sion and carried through his task
year later, he entered into partner.
Ilias was immediately on the spot
for an increase of crime, particularly of bigamy, yet
with marked success. l'robably nd
ship with his brother, William Iler-
quota.
and
prevented
their
expul+ion
from
other man could have been found
man, and today their firm is one of
our present Nordic minded Congress has been adamant.
the lands of refuge, made arrange-
capable of fulfilling the difficult role
the most prominent ni the Corrugated
If anything, the rower house has shown a distinctly
ments
for
their
continued
stay,
inter.
of diplomat, politician, lawyer and
l'aper and Ilat Box Industry.
vened in their behalf with the ship-
reactionary tendency for it has passed the most drastic
financier combined. His long train-
In 1900, he married, Mrs. Herman
ping companies, and later created the
Herman Bernstein. editor of the Jewish Tribune of
Mg as advocate in company-law and
being a physician, but she does not
deportation bill in the history of the country.
emergency committee anti partici.
I inancial cases at the bar now stood
practice now. They have one child.
New York, was refused admission to Soviet Russia
Under the provisions of the bill, if it should be en-
pated
in
the
evacuation
committee,
him in good stead. His natural abili-
Mr. Herman is actively interested
when the government declined to visa his passport.
which is now solving the terrible
ties, his great courtesy, his power of
acted, we shall then have two distinct classes of human
in the New York Federation of Jew-
problem.
This
is
the
fourth
attempt
made
by
Mr.
Bernstein
since
creating respect and confidence, were
ish
Philanthropies, in the Ort, Order
beings: aliens or angelic, and native or common, for
"Anti when, notwithstanding the
just the qualities required under the
Sons of Zion, I. 0. B. B., Free Ma-
1918 and all resulted in failure.
repeated warnings issued by Ilias,
the alien in order to avoid the pitfalls and nets of this
circumstances.
sons, and in many national and local
thousands of Jewish wanderers fled
Mr. Bernstein is an able and reputable journalist
In 1917, Lord Reading, now created
Jewish organizations and institutions.
piece of inquisitional legislation must surely be far
to Cuba under the false hope that
a viscount, was sent as special envoy
Since 19ze h ehas been a member of
whose sole interest is the study of the colonization
above our common humanity. As an illustration we
they would be able to enter through
to the United States of America. His
the Ilias Board of Directors, and
scheme
in
the
Crimea
anti
Ukraine.
Though
he
may
that
stay
into
America,
Hilts
came
to
select but one paragraph:
service at Washington on behalf of
during the last two years, prior to
their aid. Now these Jewish wander-
differ fundamentally from the Soviets on matters of
the Allies cannot be exaggerated in
his election of president at the an-
ers
in
Cuba
are
served
by
the
Jewish
In
their importance and success.
nual meeting in April, was chairman
economic and political policy, yet since his only pur-
An alien who wilfully conceals or harbors, or attempts
191n, he was raised to the post of
Committee for Cuba, with which are - of the Committee for Work in For-
to conceal or harbor, or aids, anoints or twbets any other
pose is to make a study of the colonization project. the
affiliated
llias,
the
Council
of
Jewish
special ambassador to the United
eign Countries.
This committee is
person to conceal or harbor any alien subject to deporta-
Women, the emergency committee,
Soviets acted most unwisely in excluding him, especial-
States of America and high commis-
the most important of all Hies com-
tion, if the Secretary of Labor. after hearing finds that he
and the local Jewish community of
sioner. -The period of Lord Reading's
mittees.
as
is an undesirable resident of the United States, at any time
ly because he is rather lukewarm and unconvinced
Havana."
mission to America was of the greaf
Mr. Herman is a modest man. Ile
after entry.
(As is well known, Mr. Herman is
to the soundness of the whole plan.
est importance; and again required
will not speak about himself. "It
the
chairman of the Jewish Commit-
qualities of tact combined with firm-
One wonders how long this exclusionist attitude
is the organization that counts and
What super human qualities must an alien parent
tee
for
Cuba.
Ile
did
not
tell
me
this
nes+. He was not found lacking.
not the individual," he declares. I
toward all the differing and dissident will continue.
but I knew it. In fact, throughout
possess who would not assist or harbor his child if that
It may be said without exaggera-
left him convinced that Hiss has a
this interview. Mr. Herman never
Studies have already been made by protagonists of the
ton that the termination of his mis.
child had committed some slight offense for which he
man at the helm who will give a good
dwelt upon individuals. Ile always
pion to Washington found the Pres-
account of his work.
land settlement project anti certainly if the plan merits
was deportable? When one realizes the number of
referred
to
the
organization.
to
tige of Great Britain raised higher in
assistance. those who are doubtful should have a like
Hiss. I
offenses for which one is deportable, then indeedtmust
the eyes of the Americans than at any
"Er: ryone of thesrand many other
time since the War of Independence.
opportunity for a careful and critical investigation.
CORRECTION
one not only be super-human, but omniscient.
Ilia. activities could not have been
But
there
were
still
higher
and
We are certain that Mr. Bernstein would hardly
Although every liberal in Congress voted and talked
foreseen
and no rigid program could
more important duties to be per-
have been laid down. Every day in
In the recent Palestine drive. Mrs.
start a counter-revolutionary movement, nor would he
formed. The Great War had impor-
against the bill. yet it was passed under suspension of
fact. c ills for a revised program be-
Sophie Weil sent in her check for $250
tant repercussions in Asia. The
cause even a mild disturbance should he be allowed to
the rules which limited debate to only 40 minute's.
cause of new difficulties and new cir-
and, through an error, she was credit-
spirit of Democracy is liable to be-
enter. For the good of the whole land settlement move-
cumstances and every problem has
ed with only $25. Mrs. Joseph Ehr-
What difference would it have made if it had been de-
come a violent explosive. The end
been met as it arises."
lich, chairman of the women's division
of the war found this spirit surging
ment, the Soviets should discontinue the silly practice
bated for 40 days. when the Klan inspired congress-
"What
is
the
ruin
activity
of
Ilia.
and to whom the check was sent, re-
throughout Asia and particularly in
of excluding those who will not say amen to every-
men had decided to make the country unsafe for the
now?"
grets the error and has requested that
Mr. lierman rose from his chair.
• correction he malls
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